The Wolfgang Puck Rodeo Drive are light roast coffee pods. I can easily say not everyone wants a big - dark roasted cup of coffee, and some mornings I just want a light cup of coffee. I've never been much of a fan of the Light Roast Senseo pods, or many of the Folgers, Millstone, or other pods that are lighter in nature, so after tasting this coffee from Wolfgang Puck I was surprised how much I liked it.

Light roast coffee is often considered to be bad coffee. I hear it all the time from my friends when I talk coffee. I don't think that's the case. I think most of the people who are coffee people like a darker roast. Darker roasts give more oil extraction and more essence of coffee.

That being said, I think the Wolfgang Puck Rodeo Drive Light Roast Pods hold their own to even a dark roast coffee drinker looking for that occasional cup of lighter breakfast coffee or a light coffee drinker looking for a great taste. I've included many of the shots from brewing with the Senseo. I was really surprised to see how medium dark the coffee brewed came out.

Brewing the Wolfgang Puck Rodeo Drive Coffee

I can't tell you how important it is to wet any of pods you get a little bit before you brew. Put the pod in the single holder, and then run a little hot water over the top. This really seals the deal when you brew up a cup of Senseo or even using the Bunn My Café. We got great results wetting the Wolfgang Puck pods.

The Wolfgang Puck Rodeo Drive Light Pods definitely produced a rich froth from the Senseo. I did test out the pods with the Bunn My Café and the results were very similiar minus the froth - a great cup of light roast coffee.

We found an ample amount of faux crema using the Senseo, but not a silky texture. The coffee was light/medium light in color, and had very little “coffee nose” about it. Our first taste after a little half-n-half and sugar - I really like it - a decent cup of coffee and with a good flavor.

Conclusion

A great cup of light roast coffee from a well packaged and decent sized pod. We would recommend you trying these pods out and see if they fit your tastebuds as well as they did ours.

Thanks to Jim Evans at CoffeeWhiz.com for sending these pods for us to review!

Update:Wolfgang Puck Coffee pods are 8 grams in weight currently, however sometime in the coming months they are going to a 9 gram POD.

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